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The geometry of moving stellar configurations and the dating of theAlmagest

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  1. V. V. Kalashnikov
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Translated fromProblemy Ustoichivosti Stokhasticheskikh Modelei. Trudy Seminara, 1988, pp. 59–78.

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Kalashnikov, V.V., Nosovskii, G.V. & Fomenko, A.T. The geometry of moving stellar configurations and the dating of theAlmagest . J Math Sci 57, 3246–3263 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01099024

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